Kakuei Tanaka

Kakuei Tanaka (1918-1993) in 1976 he was charged with corruption and resigned from the LDP but remained a powerful faction leader.

Short Biography:

Tanaka was minister of finance 1962-1965 and of international trade and industry 1971-1972, before becoming LDP leader.

In 1976 he was arrested for accepting bribes from the Lockheed Corporation when premier and found guilty in 1983, being fined and sentenced to four years' imprisonment. He was also implicated in the 1988-1989 Recruit insider-trading scandal.

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Kakuei Tanaka was a Japanese right-wing politician, leader of the dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister 1972-1974.